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Russia Transportation 1996

Railroads:

total:

154,000 km; note - 87,000 km in common carrier service (49,000 km diesel; and 38,000 km electrified); 67,000 km serve specific industries and are not available for common carrier use

broad gauge:

154,000 km 1.520-m gauge (1 January 1994)

Highways:

total:

934,000 km (445,000 km serve specific industries or farms and are not available for common carrier use)

paved and graveled:

725,000 km

unpaved:

209,000 km (1 January 1994)

Inland waterways:

total navigable routes in general use 101,000 km; routes with navigation guides serving the Russian River Fleet 95,900 km; of which routes with night navigational aids 60,400 km; man-made navigable routes 16,900 km (1 January 1994)

Pipelines:

crude oil 48,000 km; petroleum products 15,000 km; natural gas 140,000 km (30 June 1993)

Ports:

Arkhangel'sk, Astrakhan', Kaliningrad, Kazan', Khabarovsk, Kholmsk, Krasnoyarsk, Moscow, Murmansk, Nakhodka, Nevel'sk, Novorossiysk, Petropavlovsk, St. Petersburg, Rostov, Sochi, Tuapse, Vladivostok, Volgograd, Vostochnyy, Vyborg

Merchant marine:

total:

800 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 7,295,109 GRT/10,128,579 DWT

ships by type:

barge carrier 2, bulk cargo 26, cargo 424, chemical tanker 7, combination bulk 22, combination ore/oil 16, container 81, multifunction large-load carrier 3, oil tanker 111, passenger 4, passenger-cargo 5, refrigerated cargo 19, roll-on/roll-off cargo 62, short-sea passenger 16, specialized tanker 2

note:

in addition, Russia owns 235 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,084,439 DWT that operate under Maltese, Cypriot, Liberian, Panamanian, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Honduran, Marshall Islands, Bahamian, and Vanuatu registry

Airports:

total:

2,517

with paved runways over 3,047 m:

with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m:

202

with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m:

108

with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m:

115

with paved runways under 914 m:

151

with unpaved runways over 3,047 m:

with unpaved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m:

with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m:

134

with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m:

291

with unpaved runways under 914 m:

1,392

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